NFL: 49ers’ Aldon Smith Arrested at LAX for False Bomb Threat

Troubled San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was arrested on Sunday as he attempted to board a plane at Los Angeles International Airport. He was charged with making a false bomb threat. Smith — who had been drinking before the boarding call, according to airport police Sgt. Karla Ortiz, per The Sacramento Bee – last made headlines after leaving the 49ers to voluntarily check into rehab for alcohol abuse.

“At approximately 1400 hrs, a 24 year-old Aldon Jacarus Ramon Smith, a resident of San Jose, California, was going through Terminal 1 screening where he made a comment indicating that he was in possession of a bomb,” read an official statement from LAX, released shortly after the arrest. “Los Angeles Airport Police made contact with him in the gate area where he became uncooperative. After conducting their investigation, LA Airport Police took suspect into custody and transported him to LAPD-Pacific division where he was booked for California Penal Code 148.1(a) – False report of a bomb threat.”

Commenting on Deadspin’scoverage of the incident, former National Football League punter Chris Kluwe said, “a lot of NFL players believe that consequences are something that happens to other people, and they’ve been shown nothing to suggest otherwise their whole life.” Kluwe last played for the Minnesota Vikings in 2012, when he was released amid a flurry of controversy.